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N-COUNT
铲;锹
A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.
例句
... a garden spade...
园艺铲
The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.
女孩子们拿着桶和铲子在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
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N-UNCOUNT-COLL
(纸牌中的)黑桃
Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .
例句
...the ace of spades.
黑桃 A
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PHRASE
有啥说啥;直言不讳
If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.
例句
I'm not at all secretive, and I'm pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
我不会遮遮掩掩,我喜欢直言不讳。